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[EVO 4G General] fachadick:
Here's what I don't get. And evoflorida, if you're still reading this thread, can you clarify?

In your OP, you said;

"in the setting under the Applications i saw that it was collecting and keeping DATA. so i erased the info and to my surprise when i called Sprint and looked at the Data it had recorded 20Kbs of info. the only thing i did was use the phone."

So this is the sequence I'm picturing.

1 - You see that the app is collecting data, which you then erase.

2 - You call Sprint, and they tell you that you have used 20Kbs of data.

3 - You assume that the 20Kbs that was sent is from the Amazon MP3 app because "the only thing I did was use the phone"

Folks - correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't some data sent when the phone is activated? Syncing (or trying to sync) contacts initially upon activation? And don't we all know (at least anyone who did even the most cursory research before shelling out $200 on a phone - but I guess you don't need to do the research when you're worth $1.2 mil - sorry evoflorida, couldn't resist) that all of the Sense stuff (like weather, news, and stocks) are set by default to sync automatically - so one of the first things we're supposed to do is turn that off?

I just don't see why you assume the data is from Amazon MP3.

Almost forgot, there's real bloatware on there like that Nascar app, which will automatically connect and download info also.
[EVO 4G General] thenewguy821:
Evoflorida, I did a little research, you may be on to something... Here is a link to what the Amazon app is collecting from our phones...

Amazon app data collection
[EVO 4G General] ballr4lyf:
EPIC WIN!!!
[EVO 4G General] :
Wow...after reading through page after page of nonsense on this thread my brain is starting to hurt.

EvoFlorida: What's wrong with you? If your as old and rich as you say you are and as smart as you claim to be, you would be able to root your phone, and/or be able to pay someone to do it. You also would have done your research on what you agreed to, when YOU decided to make the conscious decision to purchase your EVO. Stop trolling the internet looking for reasons to sue major companies. It's one thing to ask politely about the information an app is collecting, it's another thing to stir up trouble over something you clearly do not understand (as per your own words).

Everyone else: Leave this troll to his own devices. This type of crap just clutters threads uselessly, and makes everyone involved appear ridiculous.

~Jasecloud4

P.S. MODS PLEASE CLOSE THIS THREAD!!!!
[EVO 4G General] willfck4beer:
Op is getting trolled. If you bought a phone and there's bloatware you don't want that runs sua sponte even when you've tried to stop it and you are forced to void warranty to remove it...it wakes the phone and runs some process degrading your battery and who knows what it's recording... That would piss me off too. Even if it's purely benign. It's your phone. Unfortunately if you want control...i think you are going to need root and delete that crap. Honestly...i wish we had a little bit more granularity of admin control to disallow rights permissions and background execution. Its sad but consumers need to sue to Defend their rights. For example when sony put that root kit on cd s...shady. Sue em. When those rogue apps were secretly mmsing people in downloaders address book to advertise itself...shady...sue em....courts are a great equalizer of power you can win against an amazon... quantifiable damages aren't always necessary. Federal and state privacy, trespass, trespass to chattels, nuisance, tort, Consumer protection ... Might be available. If you have free union legal...why not? I'm surprised everyone here is so ignorant and compliant, like sheeple. Op makes a good point. And no lawyer would be disbarred or sanctioned for defending a consumer s rights. Unfortunately judge easterbrook et al interpret shrinkwrap and click wrap licenses as binding so you are likely estopped from arguing that you didn't agree to the eula though. But someone needs to step up. At one extreme all these malware jump on to your computer without your permission and **** it up with impunity... If someone came on my boat and made them self at home...messed my place up...I'd likely beat the **** out of em and sue them...especially if the rifled through my call log, bank records, porn, and medical stuff...why Is it different on my phone? Eff aclu doj bbb ftc fcc will likely take your back in egregious cases... Sometimes I worry google has too much info...nsa too... Tin hat...maybe... But privacy is a constitutional right. And I do a lot of bad **** ;) is life worth living if you don't? I'll leave you with one interesting bit of trivia....biggest consumer of energy in all of the state of maryland is nsa...also apparently biggest employer of computer scientists in us. Break out the faraday cage sleeves for your phone when not using ;) let it go to voicemail. 8 million recorded instances off nsa querying sprint customer gps locations last year alone! Wouldn't be that hard to remotely activate your microphones, cameras, gps, and accelerometers for big brothers mandatory morning workouts and ten minutes of hate against goldstein. Always only a few steps away from tyranny. Be a patriot and as the beast y boys said fight for your right.....

I'm so d runk... F out *****es uh
[EVO 4G General] AraqirG:
I just read every post in this thread and I can honestly say it was the best 30 minutes I spent all day.

Much thanks for EvoFlorida for the lols.
[EVO 4G General] DroidDhakan:
This this this!
[EVO 4G General] skoobz:
you think phones grows on trees? amazon paid sprint to put that on all the evo's to help offset the cost. the phone is heavily subsidized by the carriers and even so, companies dump their bloatwares on phones and just about any other electronics to offset some of the costs. sure it may seem insignifigant per phone, but the cost spread out to 500,000 phones is enough to bring a 499 device down to a more affordable 199. i'd just take the 300 for having the amazon app and move on.
[EVO 4G General] 063_XOBX:
You have no idea what you're talking about the Evo is $450 unsubsidized to begin with and it is subsidized by Sprint to lock you into a 2 year contract
[EVO 4G General] willfck4beer:
I'm sure amazon offers google, sprint, htc some kind of incentives to have amazon integrated... Maybe e.g. 2.50 per handset and 2% of purchases?

I'm just wondering...if one doesn't have an amazon account...why is it even running at all?

Just annoying

I'm hung over
[EVO 4G General] BAleR:
that **** made my day:p:p:p
[EVO 4G General] troyboytn:
My 2 cents....It is truly sad that XDA is coming to 14 pages of this BULL****! and yes, I just added to it, but it needed to be said.
[EVO 4G General] MCL1981:
The only thing this guy brings to my mind is this...

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[EVO 4G General] RavenII:
How awesome would it have been for a mod to close the thread after that video!...it's like the perfect ending!...I'm assuming they're afraid of getting sued...
[EVO 4G General] ifly4vamerica:
Wow, are you one of the ones that never checked the air in his tires and had a blowout?? Oh wait that was Ford, maybe you pressed the gas instead of the brakes, uh nope toyota, hmmmm lets see GM, Nope just looked it up GM has never paid out a 1.2 million dollar lawsuit. I am however going to start a class action lawsuit on you since you made me use 2 hours of my paralegals time to research your line of BS.
[EVO 4G General] :
Ummmm...?!?!? What are you talking about dude. When I get drunk I play with firearms (I know, I know, it's why I don't drink lolol), but what in the world are you on?...lolol

~Jasecloud4
[EVO 4G General] toenail78:
i found it a little crazy that evoflorida brags about getting the first gadgets and whatever other crap he was talking about but then talks about not knowing how to root a phone because its took techy for someone his age.. i really hope this post was just a way to get ppl fired up cause those lame lawsuits that ppl do because they are too lazy to get a job really piss me off
[EVO 4G General] Brutus2TheMax:
Reading the OP really took off some time waiting for CM6! I would love to hear about this lawsuit on the 10 o'clock news one day. "Idiot sues Sprint for Amazon MP3 app recording his phone calls and black mailing him." HAHAHAHA, good luck Sherlock Holmes!
[EVO 4G General] ryanalan82:
Wow evoflorida how much attention are you getting this week, first double rainbows on youtube, now this.
[EVO 4G General] _MetalHead_:
Posting in an epic thread
[EVO 4G General] phinnaeus:
OMG I did the same thing! I was bored refreshing his twitter, so I spent like 30 minutes reading through this.

Man, I'm having a GREAT DAY!

THANKS EVOFLORIDA!
[EVO 4G General] Brutus2TheMax:
Hahahahaha, I just wish he'd write more entertainment to make time go by until Cyanogen releases...
[EVO 4G General] muf454:
Can we add [SOLVED] to the title now? LOL.
[EVO 4G General] bjaxon:
This guy has watched Enemy of the state way too many times.

A Prepaid phone would have solved everything.

There was stuff on here that truly made me laugh. I want to thank everyone involved in this production.
[EVO 4G General] egzthunder1:
Considering there is no real purpose to this thread...

Thread closed.
[EVO 4G General] Tregrad:
rooting only voids warranty if you dont flash back to stock before you take it in to have it repaired or replaced.

Iphone and itunes NEVER collected anything right? apple is way more invasive than any other phone around.

just learn how to root it, it isnt taht hard to do.....if i can do it anyone can lol. and there are programs out there that can help you shut down certain programs on start up "startup" something-or-other.
[EVO 4G General] thatwilsonguy:
Is there anyway that OP can read this and post it as a You Tube video so Auto Tune The News can make a song about you? :D

also I didn't feel like reading through all 15 pages, however I do have a solution.

Return your EVO. That will be a blessing to us all.
[EVO 4G General] EliWay:
Oh my god, how have I missed this epic thread???? LMFAO. Thanks OP for the comedy show, I laughed so hard I shed a tear
[EVO 4G General] MSITHero:
OMG, this was great. I laughed my ass off a number of times.

PRICELESS!
[EVO 4G General] notown775:
bump.. just to piss everyone who hates this thred off

Sent from my Satan fone
[EVO 4G General] 5-6-ACE:
What ever you do, do NOT call your lawyer from your EVO. Amazon might record the conversation!!!
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
Even if you were to call a lawyer there is nothing he can do. All those papers you signed when you got the phone states everything needed and what third party providers and sprint can do.

So amazon records your calls and google maps and sprint navigation know where you are. Well dont plan to do something stupid or you might as well just surrender right there and let them poke you in the rear and read your brain.

One other thing dont forget the tin-foil cone hat... jk jk
[EVO 4G General] skribe:
Obvious troll is very very obvious...
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
i hope you are not talking about me
[EVO 4G General] skribe:
Nah, the OP. This was the first time I had seen the thread but it lept out at me right away. I can't believe it got to like 14 pages of actual repsonses before someone closed it.
[EVO 4G General] xlrdxrevengex:
LOL. Its a comedy thread.

To the op if they were recording your convo dont you think it would be bigger then 20.0 kbps i mean you record a call for about 2 minutes and your usually around 2-3 mb
[EVO 4G General] Gibs679:
wow...this guy is an honest to goodness RL Troll...he's looking for a reason to sue guys. He sued GM for 1.2 million over something that I'd bet didnt effect him. He was looking for a reason to get a lawyer involved, stated simply in this forum already...but to shut you up Florida, they made it easy for you. menu-settings-about phone-legal information-sprint legal Sprint is not reliable in any way shape or form for 3rd party apps. Look into **** before you start threatening lawyers. Also, the only data that was sent was the time and date and sku of the phone to show peak usage time and popular models. Get a life and a job and stop being a prick, I hate people that find it necessary to sue for anything...
[EVO 4G General] CDAustin:
Lol, wow. Way out of context, I realize, but still completely true. But I'm sure you really did mean to leave the "re" off of there.
[EVO 4G General] Tregrad:
Look out, behind you ! ! ! ! ! ! !
[EVO 4G General] :
Why was this thread revived? Mods please close this trolling, idiotic thread...lolol. :eek:

~Jasecloud4
[EVO 4G General] gregnice631:
just to clarify its not htc, its part of froyo. if you dont want the app you can always root and delete it. its not that serious.
[EVO 4G General] brianwilcox:
Wow, thank you so much for creating our industry. And if your first modem was a 9600, you were were way late to the party anyway.

Oh, and perhaps you are being overly litigious about this whole thing anyway. Every app stores data locally, this app just happens to be one that you cant remove. Way to notice something that has been going on in the smartphone industry for around 7 years.
[EVO 4G General] gregnice631:
also if you to be ultra paranoid, you shouldnt worry about what amazon is collecting. You are part of google's ever growing cloud. you should be more concerned about where your information is going. you gonna sue google now?
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
LOL this thread is absurd. But thank you for making technology what it is today or whatever that meant. I am forever grateful. I think.

And brother, they already have your information. The Amazon App is the least of your worries.
[EVO 4G General] sjjones:
and yours?
[EVO 4G General] 063_XOBX:
Is this thread really still alive? I can't believe it hasn't been deleted yet
[EVO 4G General] sjjones:
Sure this guys not Al Gore?
[EVO 4G General] edtate:
Meh, this thread is a wind up. Stop bumping this **** to the front page; every time it dies people keep replying (yea i know, like me lol).
[EVO 4G General] chino0131:
Can you prove that the data that they are collecting is "personal" data? If not, then you have no case. You have an assumption and assumptions generally do not win cases.
[EVO 4G General] chino0131:
You spent 10's of thousands of dollars on computers, computers that I'm sure collected data then as your phone is now. Yet you're concerned about what your phone is collecting? I'm calling B.S.

Return the phone. Simple as that. If you were concerned about what your phone may or may not collect more research should have been done as to what you were purchasing and what it's exact capabilites are. And I'm making $250K/year as a government contractor. My salary and what I make is not relevant to this current conversation. Either is yours.
[EVO 4G General] udjat:
I smell an ID 10T error. PEBMAC related issue.
[EVO 4G General] Crotchety:
Guys this ☝☝☝ was his last post in the thread. He checked out on July 17 and this is still going 3 weeks later......Really?!?
[EVO 4G General] beesneazy:
LOL good looking crotchey
[EVO 4G General] yoonieman:
Class Action against Amazon MP3

If you file a class action against Amazon, I will support the cause monetarily.

They're not just collecting your data, they're sharing it from other apps.

It might seem innocent enough now, just wait 5-10 years.

Messed up...
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
ack! another old thread dug up by a 1 poster
[EVO 4G General] JayStation3:
OK, I'll bite - lol - Only cause I am at work and I have nothing better to do...

The MP3 app from Amazon is part of Sprints Bloatware... they add it becasue Amazon in someway shape or form sponsers Sprint. There are other apps you can't take off the phone, for example - sprint Nav., sprint nascar, sprint tv, sprint football, sprint zone...there is also a game called Teeter... again all these apps are locked into the software of sprint to force users to keep them on your phone...

The only way to remove said apps is to root your phone. If you root your phone - it does void it, however you can always UNroot the phone if you need to.

They say it will void it - but rarly check it when you send it in. I just sent in my rooted phone for replacement and they didn't say anything about my phone being rooted.

Calling a lawyer will not help you in anyway... they only collect user data such as how often and how long you log into that particular app... no app will record your phone calls and report them to anyone. Especially an app from the provider...
[EVO 4G General] Bigjim1488:
Ibtl that's all I gotta say about this thread. Should have been shut down weeks ago!

Sent from my Evo while i should be working
[EVO 4G General] BrianDigital:
For someone that has been around tech for that long and you find it surprising that you can not delete an pre installed app from a smartphone is laughable

Even more laughable is your going to sue...over what what in that 20k of data do you think thetly are colellecting.....could it be a cache of album art its trying load up for you
[EVO 4G General] NewZJ:
omg this thread was dead back in august, stop digging
[EVO 4G General] punta21107:
Have you gone to Menu>Settings>Accounts & sync and unchecked Background data? It makes you unable to use the market but hey, it sounds like you only use the phone for calls anyway.
[myTouch 3G, Magic General] SilentTweak:
Has anyone experienced this? I recently rooted a Rogers Magic+ and its working fine, but the only problem now is that the phone won't shutdown. I've tried shutting down from CM, and shut down from the recovery, both lead to a reboot instead for some reason.

Can anyone figure this out?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] staticchmbr:
could be a noob question

every once in a while i will go into my advance task killer and see a bunch of apps running that i didnt manually open. i just checked my phone to see sprint nav, mp3 store, droid locator, internet, ringdroid, etc.. it also takes my phone from 71m free to about 35-40m. ill kill the apps, and they will be open again without me touching the phone. am i stupid, or is there actually a problem?
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] codelockdown:
Okay bc those stock apps are coded to run at startup, and open themselfs for ease-of-access, this is normal. If you want to stop that, add them to autokill, and use a startup manager (market) to remove them from the start up screen.

For the mem issues, try disabling the GPS lovation services, that eats up battery life AND mem, same with internet.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcdfv:
If you really want your phone to fly, don't use a task killer.

http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jlem26:
In theory this is true but in reality it couldn't be more misleading. Yes a task killer, especially one that is always running and using up resources itself is probably less than optimal in an Android environment, however they are sometimes necessary because things do not always work as they are supposed to. If you have root it is better to just use AutoKiller as it doesn't just kill programs but helps the OS by allowing you to set the limits for when the OS should start closing things. It also allows you to manually kill anything not working right.

Of course this is just my opinion, but I have tried it both ways on 3 different Android phones and my results were the same on all.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abcdfv:
There's a section at the bottom that goes over this.

It's really more of an explanation that "Having free RAM will make my phone faster" will not make your phone faster.
[Windows Mobile Software Development] wawa144st:
Hey im trying to create a htc hd2 marketplace if you now how to create one and can help ill pay you pm me or answer here thank you../.. i want to make a online market place that can also be an app on the phone
[Windows Mobile Software Development] wawa144st:
help anybody?????????:confused::confused::confused:
[Windows Mobile Software Development] keith43:
Already one being developed here.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=611653
[G1 Accessories] txrocker281:
I recently purchased this adapter

HTC Multifunction Audio Adapter for HTC Touch T-Mobile G1 Shadow II Wing Sprint Mogul AT&T Tilt from amazon

The charger port works fine, however I cant seem to get the headphone jack work. Any tips?

My OS is: Android 1.6
[G1 Accessories] wazmo:
You need the toggleheadset app widget from the Android Market.
[G1 Accessories] mejorguille:
link us to the amazon page I have one of those multifunction adapters and mine works perfect. Every rooted rom has been able to use it (except SuperCSDI, for that I needed the headset toggle from goocle code.)
[G1 Accessories] Shrivel:
One other possible workaround:

Use the single line headset adapter that came with the phone along with the 3-in-1. I have begun to do this in my car so I can use my G1 "semi" hands-free by using just the headset mic while it's plugged into the stereo.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] michelle1505:
I am looking for some software that will let you connect your phone to the PC and edit, add, delete contacts without having to import/export contacts first.

So the moment you change it on the computer you will see it changed in the phone.

Nokia PC Suite does this very well. Anybody know if HTC or a third party has that kind of software available.

Thanks.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Aaron McCarthy:
Microsoft Outlook... thats pretty much what anyone who syncs windows mobile phones use.

Look it up, very easy to use
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] michelle1505:
I ended up installing Outlook just to be able to import my contacts but with PC Suite you can just hook op your phone to your computer and change contacts, write textmessages just basically use the computer to do things on the telephone in real time, without having to sync.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] cobbs:
try this http://www.soti.net/PCPro/Default.aspx
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazewit:
ok so ive been cruising the vibrant/i9000 threads and I keep seeing references to a "download mode" and "odin" now my first android phone i rooted and played around with was the evo 4g and on that phone all i needed to do after rooting with adb was to connect it as a storage device then put the rom or kernal on the root of the card then disconnect, boot into recovery and flash the rom or kernal or what ever. so I guess my question is what if any are the differences in procedure when flashing on the i9000/vibrant? specifically what is odin used for/is it even necessary? I ask cause i took back my evo and went to tmo for the vibrant...thanks
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dupel:
Emmm, what are you actually asking? Quite hard to understand you when ou wrote one gigantic sentence.

If its how to root? Or how to flash new firmware? Or differences in evo and galaxy?

And if its about Vibrant, there is a special selection for that phone...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] down8:
No ****.

OP: learn some punctuation, grammar & capitalization. Some coherent thought processes would help, too.

Clarity FTW....

-bZj
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazewit:
"so I guess my question is what if any are the differences in procedure when flashing on the i9000/vibrant? specifically what is odin used for/is it even necessary?"

that seems to be fairly straight forward ? to me imho...

oh and "down8", no need to be a d-bag bro if you dont like the syntax of the question dont answer...
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robin.B:
Odin is the software you use to flash new firmware/kernel/rom on the phone using Download Mode (you enter it by starting the phone using Volume Down + Home + Power). it's pretty straightforward and carries little risk of bricking your phone totally. There are guides in firmware threads on how to do it. There's also a normal recovery mode (Volume Up + Home + Power) which you can use to root the phone or install an update.zip from sdcard (as you would on any other android phone). Hope that answers the question.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] blazewit:
yes, thanks allot robin thats clears it up.